Have you tried drastic measures - like hanging a dead bird from a pole like a scarecrow?
Music CD's are too mellow. Use old computer software CD's, especially from Mocrosoft. :) Kidding aside, I used CD's and they work well for...
Dusty, Look up Dr. Elaine Ingham on YouTube. She has a Phd in Biology and Chemistry and could be considered the godmother of permaculture. She...
The best way to lower the pH of soil is to add organic matter, i.e. compost. As vegetable material decomposes through microbial action, acid is...
What Songbird says. But, grass is the one exception I make for Roundup (glyphosate). Some types of grass are very tough and hard to kill with...
David, Have you considered putting a high tunnel over some of the beds to reduce the nutrient leaching?
Bazman, Your first instinct about adding biochar to sandy soil was right on. Biochar adds the carbon that all productive soil needs. It is an...
Flatland, My recommendation is to use biochar as a side dressing for your trees and plants with compost tea as an inoculate. I use sugar...
Biochar works very well. Be sure to inoculate it first.
Janine, Broccoli seed might need to be buried to protect it as it germinates. Have you tried a seed drill? There are commercial ones as well as...
Margaret, Wow! If you have that many, it sounds like population boom. Feeding them with mulch or a compost pile will just extend the peak. You...
Mathematics is the language of physics. Consider: before Sir Isaac Newton, everyone knew how to throw and catch a ball just like today. Newton...
Teza, I was responding to Kimbo’s question – “is the world getting bigger because it is getting hotter?” I was thinking about his comment...
Another type of fencing that works is a 6 ft wire fence with a T-top holding a wire 19" to 24" in front of the fence ling. This confuses the...
Before you start you might run some numbers: - How many daily calories and grams of protein does a growing pig need? - How many calories/grams of...
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